Over and over, Barack Obama told voters if they stuck with him "we will change this country and change the world." They did, and now their expectations for him to deliver are firmly planted on his shoulders.
Challenger Will Sessoms, a Virginia Beach businessman, won the race with a six percent margin.
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Warner beat another former governor, Republican Jim Gilmore, in the race to replace retiring five-term Sen. John Warner. The two Warners are not related.
Glenn Nye is the projected winner in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District race, WAVY.com has learned. WAVY.com's Political Reporter Melanie Woodrow says Thelma Drake will not be conceding tonight. She is waiting for all votes to be counted.
State elections officials have said Virginia could see an unprecedented Election Day turnout. Since Jan. 1, Virginia had added 436,000 people to its voting rolls.
As the countdown to election night continues, candidates in each race are using every resource they have to reach Virginia voters. They're called "surrogates."
A federal judge has refused to order longer voting hours in Virginia and reallocation of voting machines to black precincts in some localities.
John McCain's campaign has sued Virginia's electoral board, hours before the election, seeking to force the state to count late-arriving overseas military ballots.
After his campaign event at Christoper Newport University, Sen. John McCain sat down with WAVY's Kay Young for an exclusive interview. He spoke about bringing the nation together after a bruising campaign
Nye said that while the race was divisive at times that now it is important to put the campaign behind him and move forward in a bi-partisan effort to "solve the economic challenges facing this country
Barack Obama won Virginia, thanks to strong voter turnout across Hampton Roads, including the Peninsula.
Suffolk's first mayoral race featured a crowded ballot. But in the end, incumbent Linda Johnson won with a double-digit lead.
It's the talk of the election in Virginia Beach - a flyer of Democrat Senator Barack Obama shoulder to shoulder with Mayoral candidate Will Sessoms, a card carrying Republican.His fellow candidates were shocked.
The State Board of Elections says rain and human error are causing some problems at Virginia's polling places, Spokeswoman Susan Pollard said at a briefing in Richmond Tuesday
A federal judge has ordered election officials in Virginia to preserve late-arriving absentee ballots that Republican John McCain's campaign claims should be counted.
The lines were long at polling precincts in Virginia Beach. Voters told 10 On Your Side the average wait was about two hours to cast a ballot. But, in some cases, problems at the polls made that wait even longer.
Virginia continues to experience record turnout at its polls statewide. Despite the excessive volume, all Virginia polling places are open and functioning.
"Those still waiting to vote should be aware that turnout is very heavy, but precinct volunteers are working hard to make the lines move as quickly as possible.
A flood watch for some scattered urban and roadway flooding today. Cloudy with a steady soaking rain...some of it heavy at times. Highs low 60s. NE 10-20 mph. Rain tonight with lows near 60.
"A monumental time and I say it was monumental having gone through the history myself. It was different being a part of the history, but to witness history was really awesome," said Godbolt White.
Associated Press - November 6, 2008 1:03 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic officials say Barack Obama's fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be White House chief of staff.
Associated Press - November 6, 2008 12:23 PM ET RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - President-elect Obama has won North Carolina, a symbolic triumph in a state that hadn't voted for a Democrat in more than a...
Associated Press - November 6, 2008 11:43 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic challenger in Oregon's Senate race, Jeff Merkley, has defeated Republican Sen. Gordon Smith.
Associated Press - November 6, 2008 10:03 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Rahm Emanuel knows what it's like to work in the White House, and while the Illinois congressman says he's honored that...
Associated Press - November 6, 2008 7:33 AM ET WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Sarah Palin is back in Alaska as some wonder whether she could be the Republicans' answer to a devastating...
Arizona's court-altered illegal immigration law went into effect just after midnight Wednesday, hours after a federal judge blocked its most controversial provisions -- including on-the-spot police checks of suspected illegal immigrants.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
A jury of Rep. Charles Rangel's congressional peers is ready to publicly discuss charges of ethical misdeeds. But the political discussions outside the room will be far more significant.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
President Obama is no stranger to having unexpected guests "crash" his White House parties, but he'll have to do just that if he wants to attend Chelsea Clinton's wedding this weekend.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
An anti-illegal immigration group is calling on the Obama administration to provide safe passage to illegal immigrants who are trying to leave the U.S. due to the weak economy and Arizona's strict new immigration law.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
As Arizona's new court-altered immigration law takes effect Thursday, the state will head back to court in an effort to appeal the San Francisco federal court ruling.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirmation next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as "dangerous."
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The Obama administration claims it has been on top of the Gulf oil spill disaster since "day one." Here's a look at what the president and administration have been doing every day since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, triggering the massive spill.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Aging heroes of the civil rights movement and younger African-American leaders on Wednesday offered differing views of the challenges most urgently confronting black America, with some calling for a continued push to reform the U.S. criminal justice system and others emphasizing economic achievement.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday brought back furloughs for thousands of state workers until California passes a budget.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A newly released congressional report found that abortion restrictions attached to the health care overhaul would not apply to high-risk insurance pools run at the state level, prompting Republican senators to urge the administration to issue new rules.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Rod Blagojevich's fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they began deciding whether the impeached Illinois governor tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat and schemed to use his political power for personal gain.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A private university in Chicago that refuses to host former senior Bush adviser Karl Rove, arguing that welcoming a "political" speaker ahead of the midterm elections could threaten its tax-exempt status, has added an Obama administration appointee to address the student body.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Congress has changed a quarter-century-old law that has sent tens of thousands of blacks to prison for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the same amount of the drug in powder form.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The pace of economic activity has slowed or held steady in parts of the country, revealing a choppy path back to health.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The Fox News brainroom breaks down the ruling by District Judge Susan Bolton to explain which parts of the law was struck down, or enjoined, and which parts are still going to take effect on Thursday.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked some of the toughest provisions in the Arizona illegal immigration law, putting on hold the state's attempt to have local police enforce federal immigration policy.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A Nebraska city's decision to suspend its illegal immigration policy under threat of lawsuit is just the latest sign that civil rights groups may be able to force local governments to back down from immigration restrictions because they don't have the cash to defend them in court.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Republican Rep. Mary Fallin, who had been lieutenant governor in Oklahoma before being elected to Congress, will face Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, her successor in the post, in the race for the governor's seat.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Millions of families will be faced with thousands of dollars in tax increases if the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire at the end of the year, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Republicans looking to take back the House say they hope a pool of fresh faces will be just what the voters ordered to cure their incumbent fatigue.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The financial regulation bill that President Obama will sign into law on Wednesday is supposed to clean up Wall Street. But an obscure passage buried deep in the 2,300-page legislation aims to transform a very different place -- eastern Congo, labeled the "rape capital of the world."
Conflict minerals - Congo - Africa - Geology - Earth SciencesWednesday, July 21, 2010
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to approve Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, clearing a key hurdle on her path to winning confirmation as just the fourth woman to serve on the high court.
United States - Elena Kagan - Government - United States Supreme Court - United States Senate Committee on the JudiciaryWednesday, July 21, 2010
CHICAGO -- Soldier. Family man. Red Cross fundraiser. Republican.
Rod Blagojevich - Recreation - Barack Obama - Rod and Custom - Customized CarsWednesday, July 21, 2010
Lindsey Graham is all of 5-foot-7 with his shoes on, but these days he towers above his Senate Republican colleagues.
Lindsey Graham - United States - Elena Kagan - Senate - GovernmentWednesday, July 21, 2010
President Obama's nominee to lead the nation's intelligence community vowed Tuesday to "push the envelope" in asserting his authority and pledged that he would not be a "hood ornament" for a system marked by the recent massive expansion of top-secret agencies and contracts.
United States - Barack Obama - President - United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - Director of National IntelligenceWednesday, July 21, 2010
Former Georgia governor Roy Barnes (D) won his party's nomination for governor Tuesday, while former secretary of state Karen Handel and former congressman Nathan Deal qualified for an Aug. 10 runoff on the GOP side.
Democratic - Republican - Newt Gingrich - Politics - Sarah PalinWednesday, July 21, 2010
British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged Tuesday that his government will "engage constructively" with a U.S. Senate investigation of Scotland's release last summer of the man convicted in the 1988 bombing of a U.S. airliner over Lockerbie. But he dismissed a call for Britain to look into...
United States - David Cameron - Libya - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - TerrorismWednesday, July 21, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
KABUL -- Afghanistan's first major international conference in more than three decades concluded Tuesday with diplomats from around the world endorsing President Hamid Karzai's commitments to having Afghans in charge of security by 2014 and curbing government corruption well before that.
Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai - Asia - Warfare and Conflict - Afghanistan Civil WarWednesday, July 21, 2010
Watchdog groups are criticizing a possible probation sentence for the former head of a whistleblower protection office who withheld information from Congress about files that he ordered be erased from office computers.
Scott Bloch - United States - President - History - Bush George WalkerWednesday, July 21, 2010
A Loop Fan called attention to an article Friday in the "Greater Homes" section of the New York Times that began:
John Jenrette - Rita - President - History - John EdwardsWednesday, July 21, 2010
Frustration over a food safety bill that is stalled in the Senate has prompted infighting among some prominent Democrats.
United States Senate - United States - Senate - Government - Food safetyTuesday, July 20, 2010
The Senate Democrats finally have their 59th vote.
Robert Byrd - Senate - United States - West Virginia - United States SenateTuesday, July 20, 2010
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to approve Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, clearing a key hurdle on her path to winning confirmation as just the fourth woman to ever serve on the high court.
United States - Elena Kagan - Government - United States Supreme Court - United States Senate Committee on the JudiciaryTuesday, July 20, 2010
House lawmakers exchanged partisan barbs Tuesday as they looked back on how the current and former administrations have regulated offshore drilling over the past decade.
Business - Energy - Oil and Gas - Service Companies - Field ServicesTuesday, July 20, 2010
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R) announcement that he will vote in favor of Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court is likely to further incite conservatives already unhappy with him and, according to close observers of the state's politics, ensures he will face a serious primary ch...
Lindsey Graham - Elena Kagan - Supreme court - United States Senate - Supreme Court of the United StatesTuesday, July 20, 2010
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced Tuesday that he will run in the newly created special election for the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd's (D-W.Va.) Senate seat. Now all eyes or on Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).
West Virginia - United States - Robert Byrd - Joe Manchin - United States SenateTuesday, July 20, 2010
A U.S. Agriculture Department official from Georgia resigned late Monday after she was caught on tape admitting that 24 years ago she did not help a white farmer as much as she could have because of his race.
Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations - Race and Racism - Racism - United States Department of Agriculture - United StatesTuesday, July 20, 2010
1. A week removed from an internecine fight about whether or not control of the House is up for grabs this fall (it is), Democrats got some welcome news this morning as the party re-took the lead in Gallup's generic congressional ballot question.
Democratic - United States - Politics - Parties - RepublicanTuesday, July 20, 2010
Obama gets tough on jobless benefits The gloves are off.
United States - Barack Obama - President - Unemployment - HistoryTuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
President Obama and his political aides privately acknowledge that the government's decision to sue Arizona over its new immigration law is helping to fuel an anti-immigration fervor that could benefit some Republicans in elections this fall.
Republican - Immigration - United States - Law - ServicesTuesday, July 20, 2010
Ken Feinberg is just the sort of dictator America needs right now.
Kenneth Feinberg - United States - Oil spill - BP - Ken FeinbergTuesday, July 20, 2010
The Obama administration's nominee to be the next director of national intelligence is expected to face questions from Congress on Tuesday about the expansion of top-secret agencies and contracts, after reports in The Washington Post showing that these efforts have become "so unwieldy and so...
United States - Intelligence - Washington Post - Government - TerrorismTuesday, July 20, 2010
South Korea - Aircraft carrier - Asia - Government - Embassies and ConsulatesTuesday, July 20, 2010
Americans are turning away from home phone lines and toward mobile, but a federal program continues to pour $8 billion a year into phone service for rural homes and businesses. Last year in Chelan, Wash., for instance, the fund paid an average of $17,763 each for 17 residents to get phone lines.
United States - Services - Government - Law - TelecommunicationsTuesday, July 20, 2010
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) arrived on Capitol Hill three years ago ready to join the Congressional Black Caucus. His logic was simple: More than 60 percent of the people in his Memphis-based congressional district are black.
Congressional Black Caucus - United States - Racism - Government - ArtsTuesday, July 20, 2010
Twitter - Sarah Palin - English language - Social Networking - Online CommunitiesTuesday, July 20, 2010
With the Senate poised to finally pass an extension of unemployment benefits, President Obama went to the Rose Garden to take another shot at the Republicans who have repeatedly blocked the measure, causing a lapse in payments for 2.5 million of the nation's jobless.
Unemployment - United States - Barack Obama - Republican - PresidentMonday, July 19, 2010
Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alaska) little-known primary challenger said today that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's (R) endorsement of his campaign has been a major plus in the race.
Frank Murkowski - Republican - Sarah Palin - United States - PoliticsMonday, July 19, 2010
The gloves are off. For the second time in three days, President Obama is planning to unload on his Republican adversaries, calling them out for blocking the passage of emergency unemployment insurance. A White House official says the president will take to the Rose Garden at 10:30 Monday morning...
United States - Barack Obama - President - Unemployment - HistoryMonday, July 19, 2010
The Twittersphere erupted Sunday when former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tweeted that "peaceful Muslims" should "refudiate" the mosque being built in New York City near where the Twin Towers once stood. Palin found herself the butt of many tweets, as refudiate, of course, is not a word in the English...
Sarah Palin - English language - Shakespeare - Arts - World LiteratureMonday, July 19, 2010
The NAACP ignited a firestorm last week when it passed a resolution at its national convention condemning racism within the tea party movement. Not surprisingly, the issue was a topic of much discussion on the Sunday talk shows.
Slavery - Mark Williams - Abraham Lincoln - Tea - HistoryMonday, July 19, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
1. The chairmen of the two Republican campaign committees defended the presidency of George W. Bush in television appearances over the weekend, a preview of the GOP's planned pushback against expected Democratic attacks on the last president.
George W. Bush - President - Republican - United States - HistoryMonday, July 19, 2010
Money matters massively in politics. You knew that already, didn't you? But the numbers tell a story every time, and so it's worth looking at them every time. Like it or hate it, how much cash a candidate can collect in the run-up to an election is a good -- though far from perfect -- indicator of...
Organizations - Sport - Jennifer Aniston - Website - Photo shootMonday, July 19, 2010
The "tea party" movement is not racist, Vice President Biden said, though he believes that some of those involved in the movement have expressed racist views.
Joe Biden - Government - Tea - Conservatism - National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleMonday, July 19, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- In his first campaign appearance, South Carolina's surprising U.S. Senate candidate, Alvin Greene, received applause Sunday with his exhortations to improve education and fight unemployment.
United States Senate - United States - South Carolina - Politics - GovernmentMonday, July 19, 2010
The Obama administration's request that General Motors and Chrysler Group accelerate the closing of U.S. dealerships probably was unnecessary and may have added to unemployment, a government watchdog said.
Presidency of Barack Obama - Barack Obama - General Motors - President - ChryslerMonday, July 19, 2010
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Like an anxious matchmaker nudging a nervous couple together, the Obama administration has persuaded Afghanistan and Pakistan to take their first tangible step toward bilateral cooperation -- a trade agreement that will facilitate the ground shipment of goods between and th...
United States - Afghanistan - Asia - Pakistan - Hillary Rodham ClintonMonday, July 19, 2010
Three months after donors at a U.S.-sponsored conference pledged more than $5.3 billion to rebuild Haiti, only a fraction of the money has been disbursed, and a special reconstruction commission has barely started to function, according to U.N. and aid officials.
Haiti - Caribbean - Organizations - United States - Business and EconomyMonday, July 19, 2010
On a typical day, John Morton finds himself under assault from the political right for failing to crack down on illegal immigration and from the left for cracking down too aggressively.
Arts - Business - Performing Arts - Piano - PianistsMonday, July 19, 2010
The union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers is accusing the agency of unfairly targeting an agent investigators apparently suspect of leaking information about controversial arrest quotas to the media.
United States - Law - Immigration - Services - Lawyers and Law FirmsMonday, July 19, 2010
In a week when Congress finally passed financial regulatory reform and the oil finally stopped gushing in the gulf, Democrats spent much of their time on an enterprise they can ill afford: arguing among themselves.
United States - Democratic - Politics - Parties - RepublicanSunday, July 18, 2010
Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows:
Arts - Radio - Talk radio - Formats - ProgramsSunday, July 18, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Federal election officials have ordered Vice President Biden's former presidential campaign to pay the government $219,000 to make up for excessive contributions and recordkeeping errors while he was seeking the 2008 Democratic nomination.
United States - United States presidential election 2008 - Joe Biden - Government - PresidentSunday, July 18, 2010
So who wants to join Rand Paul's "tea-party" caucus?
Republican - United States - Politics - Parties - DemocraticSunday, July 18, 2010
An eight-year-old policy that forbids government contractors and employees to engage in sex trafficking in war zones has proved almost impossible to enforce amid indications that such activities are occurring in Iraq and Afghanistan.
United States - Sexuality - China - Subsidy - GovernmentSunday, July 18, 2010
A Supreme Court ruling last month that gutted an anti-corruption tool favored by federal prosecutors is jeopardizing high-profile investigations into politicians and business executives, including several related to convicted ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to legal experts and new court fil...
Supreme Court of the United States - Supreme Court - United States - Law - GovernmentSunday, July 18, 2010
The Tea Party makes trouble with a capital T.
Tea - Beverages - Shopping - Business - Food and Related ProductsSunday, July 18, 2010
BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- President Obama and his family aren't just getting outside the Beltway on their brief vacation here -- they're getting outside, period.
Maine - United States - Acadia National Park - Government - Recreation and SportsSunday, July 18, 2010
President Obama on Saturday accused Republicans of obstructing assistance for the unemployed, using his weekly address to escalate a recent push on the economy.
Republican - BarackObama - President - United States - United States SenateSaturday, July 17, 2010
Sometime after Labor Day, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner plans to unveil a blueprint of what Republicans will do if they take back control of the chamber. He promises it will be a full plate of policy proposals that will give voters a clear sense of how they would govern.
United States midterm election - Republican - United States - Politics - DemocraticSaturday, July 17, 2010
A federal appeals court Friday ordered the State Department to review its decision to label an Iranian opposition group as a foreign terrorist organization, strongly suggesting the designation should be revoked.
Iran - United States Department of State - Middle East - Politics - United StatesSaturday, July 17, 2010
In a reversal of fortune, Republican candidates for key House and Senate races raised more money than Democrats in the second quarter of this year, according to financial reports filed late Thursday night.
United States - Democratic - Republican - Politics - Barack ObamaSaturday, July 17, 2010
Carte Goodwin, a member of a prominent West Virginia family, will succeed the late Robert C. Byrd in the U.S. Senate, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III (D) said Friday.
West Virginia - Robert Byrd - Joe Manchin - United States - PoliticsSaturday, July 17, 2010
One of the surest ways to tell whether a bill will rise or fall in Congress right now is not a speech from President Obama or a declaration by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Instead, it's often a letter from the office of a senator who has served in Washington for less than seven months.
Capitol Hill Washington D.C. - United States - Washington DC - Capitol Hill - NeighborhoodsSaturday, July 17, 2010
Thursday was, arguably, the best day of Barack Obama's presidency in many, many months.
Barack Obama - President - United States - Government - HistoryFriday, July 16, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
The kerfuffle caused by White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' acknowledgment that there are enough seats in play to flip control of the House this fall has eclipsed another interesting political debate: Could Republicans win the Senate majority too?
Republican - Senate - United States - Politics - United States SenateFriday, July 16, 2010
I've been scratching my head over this for the past year: Does President Obama get credit for the things he does right?
United States - Barack Obama - President - History - GovernmentFriday, July 16, 2010
1. A new independent poll shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) opening up a seven-point edge over former state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle -- by far the most encouraging survey of this election cycle for the top ranking Senate Democrat.
Harry Reid - Nevada - Sharron Angle - Senate - United StatesFriday, July 16, 2010
Congress gave final approval Thursday to the most ambitious overhaul of financial regulation in generations, ending more than a year of wrangling over the shape of the new rules and shifting the government's focus to the monumental task of implementing them.
United States - Politics - Health Care Reform - Barack Obama - Financial servicesFriday, July 16, 2010
The former top Justice Department official whose office wrote memos blessing harsh interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects told congressional investigators that CIA interrogators might have exceeded the legal limits set by those memos.
United States - Politics - Crime - Crime and Justice - InjusticeFriday, July 16, 2010
William J. Boarman, President Obama's nominee to lead the Government Printing Office, received and cashed about $3,100 in improper payments from the GPO in the past six years and repaid the funds Tuesday, according to government records.
Barack Obama - United States - President - History - GovernmentFriday, July 16, 2010
Democratic activists are staging a national voter registration drive Saturday, with party organizers canvassing at farmers markets, community festivals and neighborhoods across the country in a concerted effort to expand the electorate by engaging people who do not traditionally vote in off-year...
United States - Democratic - Politics - Parties - Barack ObamaThursday, July 15, 2010
The Republicans are ready to repeal the financial regulation bill, too.
Business - United States - Financial Services - Politics - RepublicanThursday, July 15, 2010
At a time of extreme partisanship and political polarization, there's still one thing many Democrats and Republicans agree on: The presidential nominating system needs an overhaul. Luckily, both parties are moving to try to fix it.
President - United States - Elections - Government - 2008Thursday, July 15, 2010
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has eclipsed other potential 2012 GOP contenders in an important milestone, raising $1.8 million in the second quarter to dole out to candidates for lower office.
Mitt Romney - Republican - Sarah Palin - United States - PoliticsThursday, July 15, 2010
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday sought to play down reports of tension between Democratic lawmakers and the White House, saying that President Obama and his team have been "cooperative" with their reelection efforts and would be even more so in the future.
White House - United States - President - Government - Executive BranchThursday, July 15, 2010
1. In a speech to a group of young Republicans today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) will cast the GOP as the party of change and checks and balances -- a preview of the Republican message heading into the fall campaign.
Mitch McConnell - United States - Republican - Senate - GovernmentThursday, July 15, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
House Democrats are lashing out at the White House, venting long-suppressed anger over what they see as President Obama's lukewarm efforts to help them win reelection -- and accusing administration officials of undermining the party's chances of retaining the majority in November's midterm electi...
White House - United States - Democratic - Government - PresidentThursday, July 15, 2010
In a welcome step forward for the Obama administration's beleaguered war strategy, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has approved a U.S.-backed plan to create local defense forces across the country in an attempt to build grass-roots opposition to the Taliban, U.S. and Afghan officials said Wednesday.
Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai - Warfare and Conflict - Afghanistan Civil War - Peace ProcessThursday, July 15, 2010
A 2008 voter-intimidation case has become a political controversy for the Obama administration as conservative lawyers, politicians and commentators raise concerns that the Department of Justice has failed to protect the civil rights of white voters.
New Black Panther - Politics - Black Panther - Nationalism - United States Department of JusticeThursday, July 15, 2010
It's turning into the year of setbacks for campaign finance regulations.
Politics - Golf - Sport - Instruction - Democratic Party of JapanThursday, July 15, 2010
For years, an obscure federal task force sifted through medical literature on colonoscopies, prostate-cancer screening and fluoride treatments, ferreting out the best evidence for doctors to use in caring for their patients. But now its recommendations have financial implications, raising the stakes...
Lobbying - Health - Financial services - Business - TobaccoThursday, July 15, 2010
The fragile detente between the White House and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce appears to have crumbled.
United States - President - White House - Government - Executive BranchWednesday, July 14, 2010
Former vice president Richard B. Cheney, who has long suffered with cardiac issues, underwent surgery last week to have a pump implanted into his heart, he announced Wednesday.
Health - Surgery - Dick Cheney - Heart disease - Conditions and DiseasesWednesday, July 14, 2010
House Democrats, after months of feeling neglected by the Obama White House, lashed out Tuesday night at administration officials and accused them of undermining the party's chances of retaining the majority in November midterm elections.
Democratic - United States - White House - President - GovernmentWednesday, July 14, 2010
Former Rep. Scott McInnis's (R-Colo.) gubernatorial campaign is in a fight for its life as charges of plagiarism have led to questions of whether McInnis can stay in the race.
United States - Politics - Republican - Scott McInnis - DenverWednesday, July 14, 2010
Burdened by low approval on the economy, President Obama brought former president Bill Clinton and investor Warren Buffett to the White House on Wednesday to talk about job creation.
Bill Clinton - President - United States - Barack Obama - President of the United StatesWednesday, July 14, 2010
The Clinton administration is hailing the Oct. 21 agreement between the United States and North Korea as the beginning of the end of a perilous nuclear crisis that has dogged President Clinton since his inauguration. But this is a crisis that Washington may very well be forced to revisit before l...
North Korea - Asia - Weapons - Warfare and Conflict - ProliferationWednesday, July 14, 2010
The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows President Obama's standing among white voters continuing to slip, a potentially ominous sign for his party with the midterm elections fast approaching.
Barack Obama - President - United States - Robert Gibbs - ElectionsWednesday, July 14, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
One thing is clear as the NAACP gathers this week for its 101st annual meeting: The civil rights organization is intent on being seen as still relevant.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Tea - Racism - Kansas City - ShoppingWednesday, July 14, 2010
Alabama Republicans selected their nominee for governor tonight, handing state Rep. Robert Bentley a come-from-behind victory over former state Sen. Bradley Byrne.
Alabama - United States - Slavery - Republican - HistoryWednesday, July 14, 2010
Senior Republican wins weeklong delay on Kagan BC-US--Kagan-SupremeCourt,3rdLd-Writethru
United States - Politics - Republican - Parties - Patrick LeahyWednesday, July 14, 2010
Soda taxes fizzle in wake of industry lobbying BC-SODATAX
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Eli Evankovich is an accountant and farmer from a tiny town in western Pennsylvania -- and suddenly an important man. Contemplating a run for the state legislature earlier this year, he traveled to Harrisburg for the first time in his life and was startled to find himself enthusiastically courted...
Pennsylvania - United States - History - Democratic - RepublicanWednesday, July 14, 2010
The story of the last cataclysmic American oil spill has evolved over time into a straightforward tale of cause and effect: In 1989, a hard-drinking skipper ran his tanker aground in Alaska, and Exxon was unable to prevent crude from spreading along hundreds of miles of pristine shoreline.
Exxon Valdez - Oil spill - Environment - Energy - Petroleum in the EnvironmentWednesday, July 14, 2010
-- Former congressman Duncan L. Hunter (R-Calif.) was incorrectly included among the lawmakers pictured with the In Session column on the July 13 Fed Page, about the seven House Republicans who joined 93 Democrats in the chamber in calling for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Hunter is no longer...
Law - Corrections - Law Enforcement - United States - State AgenciesWednesday, July 14, 2010
It would not be accurate to say that Democrats are worried about losing control of the House in November. It would be accurate to say that Democrats are in a screaming panic about losing control of the House in November.
Democratic - United States - Politics - Parties - DemocratsWednesday, July 14, 2010
President Obama named Jacob Lew on Tuesday as his nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget.
Office of Management and Budget - Barack Obama - United States - Government - PresidentWednesday, July 14, 2010
One thing is clear as the NAACP gathers this week for its 101st annual meeting: The civil rights organization is intent on being seen as still relevant.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Tea - Racism - United States - Michelle ObamaWednesday, July 14, 2010
Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) questioned Tuesday why the State Department had not placed the two most potent Taliban groups fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan on its list of terrorist organizations and called on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to do so.
Taliban - Afghanistan - Asia - United States - PoliticsWednesday, July 14, 2010
Administration officials and federal regulators quietly began laying the groundwork to implement the far-reaching measures in the 2,300-page regulatory overhaul legislation weeks ago, even though the bill has not yet cleared Congress.
Business - United States - Scott Brown - Medical and Life Sciences - ConsultingWednesday, July 14, 2010
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has tapped a low-key, veteran business lobbyist as its next president, signaling a shift in tone if not approach for one of Washington's most powerful trade groups.
Business - Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceuticals - Manufacturing - OutsourcingWednesday, July 14, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The Obama administration has set off a pitched debate among housing officials and advocates by promoting far-reaching legislation to overhaul the way the nation's 2,400 public housing authorities operate, with potentially major ramifications for their 2.3 million residents.
Barack Obama - United States - President - History - GovernmentWednesday, July 14, 2010
The stakes are high this November. The Republicans are looking to retake the House. (Ah, the subpoenas, the subpoenas.) They need to pick up 39 seats.
United States - Washington DC - Capitol Hill - Neighborhoods - ArchitectureWednesday, July 14, 2010
President Obama waded Tuesday into a Democratic primary that has been rife with racial politics when he endorsed Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), the only white U.S. House member to represent a majority-black district.
Tennessee - Barack Obama - United States - President - HistoryTuesday, July 13, 2010
